Migrating

Halloween: In class today, we had a little party for the first 5-10 minutes and different people brought candy, snacks, and decorations. We also reviewed the test we got back and took some notes.

Notes:

Why do people migrate?

push forces (leaving)

- civil war (there are wars constantly going on in different countries)
- environmental degradation
- unemployment or underemployment (no jobs = no money)
- religious or ethnic persecution (people get injured or have terrible lives when they express his or her religion)

pull forces (entering)

- better economic opportunity (better education to make a better life for yourself in the future)
- better health services (health insurance)
- religious freedom (you can either have whatever religion you believe in or no religion without hiding it)
- political freedom (being able to say bad things about certain people like the president without getting in trouble) (you won't get charged or go to jail for expressing your opinion in the United States and some other place)

Measuring Population

More notes from Thursday:

- Chad has terrible access to good, clean water
- Many diseases are common in poor countries like Chad

Notes from Today:

- Crude birth rate: number of births per thousand of population
- Crude death rate: number of deaths per thousand of population

- Rate of natural increase (RNI)
- Produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
- This gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form - for a country or region
- But don't forget about migration!

More measurements of population

- Net Migration Rate: the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year

- An excess of persons entering the country is net immigration
- Written as a positive number
- Example: Canada has 5.65 migrants per thousand population
- United States: 2.45 (it was 3.62 in 2015)

- An excess of persons leaving the country is net emigration
- Written as a negative number
- Example: Mexico has -1.68 migrants per thousand population -3.61 two years ago, -3.11 last year

Population and Settlement

People of the Land: There is more people than ever!

- over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now
- increasing by over 73 million per year
- by approx. 200,000 per day
- 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America
- Current World Population: over 7 billion
- Population Growth this year: 67 million

Population in billions:

- Population of one billion in 1804, 10,000 plus years that elapsed
- two billion in 1927, 123 years elapsed
- three billion in 1960, 33 years elapsed
- four billion in 1974, 14 years elapsed (year when they had birth control)
- five billion in 1987, 13 years elapsed
- six billion in 1999, 12 years elapsed
- seven billion in 2011, 12 years elapsed

The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year:

High: Monaco (89.52 total: 85.63 men, 93.58 women)
#42: United States (79.68 total: 77.32 men, 81.97 women)
Low: Chad (49.81 total: 48.64 men, 51.03 women)

Test Day

      Today we took a test that definitely ruined my grade. I had a 93 in Honors Human Geography but after this test it probably went down to a B. I definitely didn't have any memory about the largest population and the largest area so all four of those questions.... I probably got them wrong. I also did not have fun with the true/false questions because they mess with my brain. Mr. Schick could've switched one or two words and they always confuse me. I was kind of prepared for the essay question and I hope I put enough information that I get most of the points out of twenty-five. I know I didn't get a good grade on it but hopefully I didn't fail it. I turned it in with disappointment and left with a sad look on my face:( But a new quarter means a new grade.

Reviewing for Quiz

Study these things for quiz tomorrow:


What are some different features between the Mercator Map and the Peters Worlds Map? Give three examples.

If we flipped the map upside down, how would you feel about it and why? Explain.

What point does the prime meridian run?

Other Questions that might be on test:

- Who proposed a worldwide system of time zones in 1879? Sir Sanford Fleming
- How many time zones are there? 27
- Identify prime meridian, equator, parallels, meridians
- KNOW VOCABULARY
- What does GPS stand for? Global Positioning System
- What is the difference between the Mercator Map and the Peters World Map? -The peters map is more accurate in the size of the continents
- What is globalization? It is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope
- Give an example of thinking globally and acting locally. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. - Reducing pollution put off by cars, you could ride your bike places that are close enough..... but it will only work if a large group of people rode the. Or what if the government had cars that got better and better gas millage.
- What is a formal region?
- Why is each place on Earth unique?
- Know site and situation
- What is a geographic coordinate system? - a coordinate system that?

Stories and Test Review

 Today in class we talked about interesting/shocking stories and we also reviewed questions that might be on the test. Below are some questions that are true/false but may be changed around to be made true/false and some other random questions.

- Every places occupies a unique location or position on Earth's surface (true)
- Geographers use maps as their primary tool, for not only identifying points on the surface but also as a means to compare phenomenon between different places (true)- because you can compare different phenomenon by looking at different maps, like democratic: blue and republic: red... seeing which states are red and which are blue to find out republic or democratic.

- What is the art in science of making maps? cartography: A cartographer makes maps.
Cartography is much different because people use to use maps physically (paper maps) but now use them on his or her phones.

- There are 24 different time zones in the world

- What is the prime meridian? The 0 degrees of longitude; runs north to south; runs through Greenwich Village

- What is the equator? The 0 degrees of latitude; runs east to west; runs through Venezuela

True/false?- 0 degrees longitude is always the prime meridian

- What does GPS stand for: Global Positioning System

- Global mean time: What time is at Greenwich

Crying and Climate Change

       In class today, I had a very emotional experience. We talked about how Mr. Schick's dog died because he had to put him down yesterday. First I saw Maddie and Kelsie cried and then Jamie started asking me about my dogs and then I started crying. But it only lasted for a few minutes because after that we started talking about climate change and oil. Climate Change is a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. Many people think that climate change isn't real but I believe it is..... I don't have a good reason for why I believe in it, I just do. I guess I believe in it because there have been so may sudden changes in the climate that what else would explain it but climate change.

Globalization and Thinking Geographically

 
Notes:

- At a local scale, such as an urban neighborhood, geographers tend to see unique features
- At the global scale, encompassing the entire world, geographers tend to see broad patterns

"Think global, act local." - the phrase meant that the environment was being harmed by processes such as global warming that were global in scale, but it could be improved by actions, such as consuming less gasoline, that were local in scale.

- Geography matters in the contemporary world because it can explain human actions at all scales, local to global

- Globalization Scale is an increasingly important concept in geography because of globalization, which is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope. It means that the scale of the world is shrinking, not literally in size, but in the ability of a person, object, or idea to interact with a person, object or idea in another place.

Two other definitions:

Globalization: the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scales.

Globalization: the increasing interaction of people through the growth of the international flow of money, ideas and culture.

Thinking Geographically: From Local to Global

Notebook: Made in Vietnam, Made by WEXFORD which is from China

Folders: Made in China, From Walmart

Shoe: Made in China, From Sperry Top-Sider

Pop-socket: Made in China, From POPSOCKETS.COM

Macbook Air: Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China

Local to Global

Scale: From Local to Global

Today in class we took notes and started talking about the world's oil supply. We use so much oil in the United States that it'll soon be gone because of the rate we are using it. We also talked about how oil makes up a ton of stuff in the world. We use oil for gas to start cars, plastic, basically everything. It's very important in our world.

Notes:

- geographers think about scale at many levels, from local to global. At a local scale, such as an urban neighborhood, geographers tend to see unique features. At the global scale, encompassing the entire world, geographers tend to see broad patterns.
- "Think global, act local" meaning that the environment was being harmed by processes such as global warming that were global in scale, but it could be improved by actions, such as consuming less gasoline, that were local in scale.

Mapping Countries

          In Honors Human Geography, we got our pop-quizzes back which I got exactly what I guessed. We also worked on and finished our maps of the countries and discussed interesting facts about the cia website.

Pop-quiz and CIA

     Today in class, we took a pop-quiz sadly and then learned about this website online that we can view for important information about different types of countries. The pop-quiz was based on everything we learned last week and I am pretty sure I got the last four wrong. I do not have photographic memory which would really come in handy especially since I am not very good with my United States states ever since I first learned about them. I can sort of put them in their position using north, south, east, and west but not for every state. I usually get the middle mixed up with east and west especially since on the quiz one question asked for midwest. At that moment, I knew I was doomed. After the pop-quiz we learned about the CIA website which has basically everything important about a country. For example: population or death/birth rate. So if I need to learn about a country I know nothing about, i'll use that website..... www.cia.gov

Geography

In class on Friday, we took a lot of notes that are from the teacher's blog and we had big discussions about each topic.

Notes:

- a geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, etc.

- the geographic grid is a system of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on Earth's surface.

- Meridians are arcs drawn between the North and South poles. Each is numbered, according to a system known as longitude

- Parallels are arcs down parallel to the equator and at right angles to meridians. Each is numbered according to a system known as latitude

Maybe a Test Question: What is the difference between parallels and meridians?

Latitude: Ladder
Longitude: Long

- Equator: 0 degrees
- Tropic of Cancer: 23.5 degrees north
- Tropic of Capricorn: 23.5 degrees south
- Prime meridian: 0 degrees longitude
- Arctic Circle: 66.5 degrees north
- Antarctic circle: 66.5 degrees south

Mind-blowing Discussion

        In class today, we had a very weird discussion that blew my mind. The teacher kept questioning us on time and now we don't even think there is a present.......

          Notes:

     - Sir Sandford Fleming proposed a worldwide system of time zones in 1879. In 1876, his first proposal was for a global 24-hour clock. He also proposed his system at the International Meridian Conference in October 1884, but it did not adopt his time zones because they were not within its purview. By 1900 almost all time on Earth was in the form of time zones. Today all nations use standard time zones for secular purpose, but they do not all apply the concept as originally conceived.

                    ........and i'm still asking, is there a present?? Why does it say in all the books that there is a past, present, and future? If the books say that, then people must have done a lot of studies to explain that there is a past, present, and future. But in forty-five minutes I am more confused and what I thought all along might now be changed.

Categorizing States

           In class today, we finished working on putting states in different sections- democratic or republic and then spilt them up into five different regions. Below are the categories with different states in each.

Regional and Cultural Landscape

        In class today we took some notes, talked about the notes we took and got our pop-quizzes back.

When we took the notes, I had a really hard time focusing because it was the last period of the day and I had a massive headache plus I was sweating in my onesie. I also thought I did a pretty good job on the quiz we took but I ended up getting a B. I got three wrong because I switched two terms and the other one I just guessed on. 

Notes:

- the sense of place that humans possess may apply to a larger area of Earth

Region: an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics.

- can be really big or really small

- several neighboring countries that share important features

- many localities 

Cultural landscape: an area fashioned from nature by a cultural group.

- combination of both physical and human characteristics